Pavel Niadbaila
construction worker, sentenced to 8 years in prison
Prisoner
Date of birth: 25 February 1981
Date of detention: 29 September 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
- Art. 218 of the Criminal Code — Intentional destruction or damage to property committed in a generally dangerous manner or causing damage on a large scale
Sentence: 8 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitryi Astapenka
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Ramanovich
Prison: Penal colony No. 11
Cases: "Chat case"
Notes: Health issues
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Ingmar Jung, Member of the German Bundestag
Pavel Niadbaila, a resident of Svietlahorsk, was detained on September 29, 2020 as part of a criminal case of mass riots.
He was charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code, "mass riots", and the period of his pre-trial detention was extended by two months.
On July 19, 2021, Judge Dzmitry Astapenka sentenced Niadbaila to eight years in a medium-security penal colony.